Bible Chapter Summary
Job 17 Summary
Job's Despair and Grave Awaits
Job declares that his breath is corrupt, his days extinct, and the graves are ready for him. He complains of mockers who provoke him and calls upon someone to be his surety with God, since God has hidden understanding from the wicked. Job describes becoming a byword of the people, his eye dimmed by sorrow, and all his members as a shadow. Though upright men shall be astonied at this and the righteous shall grow stronger, Job has lost all hope; his days are past, his purposes broken, and he has made the grave his house.
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Key verses
Job 17:1
“My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.”
Job 17:11-12
“My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.”
Job 17:13-14
“If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.”
Job 17:15-16
“And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?”
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